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    LANDMARKS IN THE DEVELPOMENT OF

    SCIENCE EDUCATION IN INDIA


    Prepared by
    Aswathy M.N.
    B. Ed Physical Science
    Govt. IASE, Thrissur
    Part 1: SCIENCE AND SCIENCE EDUCATION
    DURING THE BRITISH RULE
    The only aim of education: turning out men competent to
    serve the civilian administration.

    Even those few individuals educated in science lacked
    opportunities for scientific research.

    In 1857 the universities of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras,
    modeled after the London University, were established.

    Even under such adverse conditions, globally competitive
    scientific research was carried out in Indian universities by a
    few scientists
    C.V. Raman
    M.N. Saha
    S.N. Bose
    D.N. Wadia
    P.C. Mahalanobis
    S. R. Kashyap
    Birbal Sahni
    S.Ramanujan
    S. Chandrashekhar
    Part 2: POST-INDEPENDENCE PERIOD
    Report of the secondary education commission (1953):
    Teaching of general science as a compulsory subject in high
    schools & higher secondary schools.

    All India seminar on teaching science(1956):
    A unique & uniform system of science teaching for the entire
    country, suite to its needs & resources.
    National scientific policy resolution (1958):
    The cultivation of science & scientific research in all its
    aspects.

    Indian parliamentary & scientific committee(1961):
    Chaired by Shri. Lal Bahadur Shastri and the committee took up
    the study of science education in schools, with a view to find
    out the relation between the policies and decision of the centre
    & the states, & the courses offered in the schools.
    National council of educational research & training (NCERT) was
    established in 1961.

    UNESCO planning mission(1963):
    The USSR experts of the UNESCO planning mission visited India
    on technical assistance projects and gave reports of science and
    mathematical education in India and ways to improve it.

    Panel on science education in secondary schools (1964):
    Chaired by Dr. K.N. Mathur and examined the procedure for the
    allotment of funds and procurement of equipment in secondary
    schools.
    Indian education commission (1964-66):
    Under the chairmanship of Prof. D. S. Kothari.
    Compulsory science as part of general education.
    Introduced 10+2+3 pattern.
    Science and social science as Environmental science at
    primary stage.
    Science as a composite discipline in secondary education.

    The constitutional Amendment(1976):
    Education including science and Technology in concurrent list
    A review committee(1977):
    Under the chairmanship of Sri Ishwarbhai Patel
    Science at the secondary stage as two equivalent alternate
    courses- Course A and Course B.
    The course B-composite course
    Course A- A discipline oriented approach
    1984-85
    The system of alternate courses was discontinued because of
    the perceived superiority of one course over the other.

    National policy on education (1986):
    Science education to acquire problem solving & decision
    making skills.
    Navodaya vidyalayas to provide better quality science
    education to the talented children.

    National Curriculum for Elementary and Secondary
    Education- A framework(NCF-1988):
    Teaching of Science as composite discipline in secondary
    stage.

    1993 Yash Pal Committee report:
    Learning without Burden.

    National Curricuum Framework for School Education
    2000 (NCF 2000):
    Science as Science and Technology at upper primary and
    secondary stages.
    Activity based approach.

    National Curricuum Framework for School Education
    2005 (NCF 2005):
    Activity based approach.
    Learning through life experiences.


    References:

    1. NCF 2005
    2. pratheeshpallath.blogspot.com
    3. http://www.iisc.ernet.in/insa/PURSUIT AND PROMOTION
    OF SCIENCE, chapter 4

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